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Characterisation of fish communities at Scott Reefs, Seringapatam Reef and the Rowley Shoals, Western Australia

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In September/October 1993, fish communities at North Scott Reef, South Scott Reef, Seringapatam Reef and the Rowley Shoals (Mermaid Reef, Clerke Reef and Imperieuse Reef) were surveyed. Fish population censuses for a number of reef fish families (Chaetodontidae, Pomacentridae, Acanthuridae, Scaridae, Labridae, Caesionidae, Siganidae, Pomacanthidae and Zanclidae) were carried out by trained divers at a number of outer reef slope and lagoon sites at each reef. The log5 abundance of fish species was recorded during 45-minute SCUBA swims in which the observer swam a zig-zag course along an approximately 250m long section of the reef within a depth range of 0-12m.Absolute counts of snappers, emperors, cods and butterfly fish (Lutjanidae, Lethrinidae, Serranidae and Chaetodontidae) were also made at outer reef slope and lagoon sites.Additional fish counts of Labridae and Pomacentridae were made at 3 sites at South Scott Reef using standardised counting methods developed for long-term monitoring of fish populations on the Great Barrier Reef. This technique involved counting fish along 5 replicate 50m x 2m transects per site at a depth of approximately 6m.In addition to the quantitative counts of the groups mentioned above, lists of all species of fish observed at each site were compiled. This study was initiated to quantitatively characterise the fish communities on the major offshore reef systems of north west Australia (Scott Reefs, Seringapatam Reef and the Rowley Shoals) and to compare their composition and structure to fish communities at similar latitudes in the Great Barrier Reef and the Coral Sea.

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Statement: Statement: The semi-quantitative Log5 abundance visual survey method is described in:Williams DMcB (1982) Patterns in the distribution of fish communities across the central Great Barrier Reef. Coral Reefs 1: 35-43. Log5 Abundance Categories:1 = 1 fish2 = 2-5 fish3 = 6-25 fish4 = 26-125 fish5 = 126-625 fish6 = 626-3,125 fish7 = > 3,125 fishThe standardised counting methods developed for long-term monitoring of fish populations on the Great Barrier Reef are described in:Halford AR and Thompson AA (1996) Visual census surveys of reef fish. Long term monitoring of the Great Barrier Reef. Standard operational procedure No. 3. SOP 3. Australian Institute of Marine Science. 24 p.

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Williams, David McB, Dr (Principal Investigator)
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Speare, Peter J, Mr (Custodian)

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New records of fishes for the Rowley Shoals, Scott/Seringapatam Reefs, off northwestern Australia: Hutchins JB, Williams DMcB, Newman SJ, Cappo MC and Speare PJ (1995) New records of fishes for the Rowley Shoals, Scott/Seringapatam Reefs, off northwestern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 17: 119-123.

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